Democratic Primaries Set for Monday in City Wards
Democratic voters in the city will vote Monday March 12 to choose a city slate. Candidates include Mayor William Courtney and E W Stevens for mayor, Ed Love and Thos Prentice for marshal, and a full slate of judges, clerks, and councilmen across four wards with polling hours 7 AM to 7 30 PM at ward locations. Hale sisters and the Air Ship company visit Sunday night as guests of relative Leslie Hale.
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S. W. Zimmerman
John F. Scally
Jos. Settles
C. E. Clapton
East End Engine House
Engine House
East Fifth
Court House
Death From Freezing After Drinking Near Warsaw
William Wright a colored employee of J M Rice near Warsaw got drunk recently and fell by the wayside freezing to death in a bleak winter scene.
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William Wright
J. M. Rice
Warsaw
Mass Meeting backs Sedalia railroad push to join North and South line
About 150 Sedalia citizens attended a court house mass meeting to endorse building the Missouri, Iowa and Southern railroad. J M Cannon chaired the organizing committee, Col Strang promised to build if terms met, and a five member committee formed to solicit subscriptions across banks, attorneys, railroad men, and city districts.
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Capt. Stevens
Senator Yeater
J. M. Cannon
Col. Strang
Sedalia
Dugan
Messrs
D. H. Smith
P. B. Stratton
Chas. E. Yeater
Morris Harter
Committee of Forty endorses city ticket for mayor and council
A SedaliaBusiness Men's Club committee urges both parties to place the endorsed candidates on ballots. WM Courtney for mayor and councilmen Chas Messerly, B F Seggerson, Jno Antes, Pascal Stafford named. petitions circulating with 1053 signers. The group asks primaries to back these business men in city affairs.
Myers Revival Series At East Broadway Church
Rev. J. S. Myers will assist Rev. Cook in a Thursday start for a big series of services at East Broadway Church. The article notes the history of the East Broadway congregation and references Myers former leadership in Atchison and Sedalia with prior mother church influences and debt repayment.
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East
Sedalia
Church
First Christian Church
J. S. Myers
Philadelphia
Atchison, Kas
Christian Church
East Broadway
Fort Worth
F. L. Cook
Mr. Cook
Myers
Boonville
Sedalia duel wounds two lawyers over city election
United States Commissioner Douglass Wight and attorney Horace Blanton fought in the street with pistols on Friday in Sedalia. Wight and Blanton were wounded, the dispute tied to the upcoming city election and party tensions.
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John Montgomery, Jr
Sedalia
Nevada
A. Wight
United States
Douglass Wight
Horace H. Blanton
Wight
Blanton
LOSS AND GAIN SALE AT COST IN SEDALIA
Smith and Boeshar announce a liquidation as they quit Sedalia to move to Seattle Washington. Beginning next Monday their entire stock of house furnishings will be sold at cost or less due to packing and freight costs. The sale is described as bonafide with reasons given. Also note J S Bergamaster and family left for Colorado Springs to relocate after long residence near Smithton.
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Sedalia
Seattle
Wash
J. S. Bergamaster
Colorado Springs
Mr. Bergamaster
Smithton
Reverend Bitler Praises Columbus Salvation Army Visit
Rev. Dr. Bitler spoke to the Salvation Army last night and shared a striking account of his first meeting with the group in Columbus Ohio. He approved of current local work and was pleased to find Bro. Harter, a board member, in attendance.
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Blanton
Wight
Dr. Bitler
Salvation Army
Columbus
Bro. Harter
Silver quarter collection counted at 11 am
A local event will count the great silver quarter collection at 11 a.m. Readers speculate on the total amount to be realized as the coins are tallied.
Best Restaurant in Central Misouri Fulton Market
The Fulton Market restaurant at 111 West Second street is promoted as the best place in Central Missouri for a palatable meal with an attractive table set and seasonable cooking. Richard Russell a major Henry county landowner died near Clinton from pneumonia aged 87 born in 1838 in England. He owned over 1000 acres and leaves a wife and four children.
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Missouri
Fulton Market
West Second Street
Messrs. Byard & Guenther
Richard Russell
Henry County
Clinton
England
Sedalia
Half Century of Missouri Rural Schools Overview
The Pettis County report by G L Coleman summarizes Missouri’s fiftieth annual school data. It notes 15 percent of rural buildings need repairs, 75 percent of teachers decorate rooms, 80 percent grade well, and plans to record each pupil and issue diplomas from common to high school. Carrington emphasizes rural schools as key to preserving farming lifeways and urges standard textbooks and shared grading.
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Missouri
G. L. Coleman
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Wm. Courtney
E. W. Stevens
Marshal
Ed. Love
Thos. Prentice
T. E. Sheerin
J. C. Hatton
Jno
W. Burress
E. W. Coney
Samuel Sprecher
Geo. W. Menefee
Con McHugh
F. F. Hatton
Daniel Dean
M. W. Ca
Hale
Company
Leslie Hale
Ballroal
Der
Missouri, Iowa and Southern Railroad
Business Mews Club
George E. Dugan
Dr. Clifford
Roa
O. A. Crandall
John J. Yeater
J. N. Dalby
W. H. Powell
J. H. Bothwell
W. L. Porter
P. H. Langree
J. H Rodes
Dan Grow
John Wigton
C. E. Marsh
East Sedalia
Charles Hoffman
W. J. Letts
Patrick McEnroe
Main Street
Business Men’s Club of
Rec
Chas. E. Messerly
B. F. Seggerson
F. Antes
Pascal G. Stafford
Cir
J. D. Crawford
W. M. Johns
J. L. Babcock
A. F. Whipple
W. A. Fast
G. F. Williams
M. Bartle
Alva Parks
J. M. Planck
J. M. Connor, W. F. Waller
Ira Hinsdale
E. W. Shultz
E. Hurley
S. H. Beiler
R. A. Stanley
J. W. Evans
J. W. Murphy
L. S. Eddins
Henry Knopfli
Geo. K. Mackey
W. H. Richey
R. H. Moses
J. D. Donnah
A. P. Morey
J. A. Lamy
Dr. J. S. Roge
G. L. Faulhab
W. Whitne
John Cunningham
John Montgomery, R. W. Griffith
G. W. Barnett
W. K. Reynolds
Poe
Cook
Broadway Church
Broadway” Christian Church
Ganized
Politics
the Cause
Douglass Wight and
Horace Byan
Douglas Wight
Smith & Boeshar
East Third Street
M. E. Church
Souri
Fulton
Superintendent Carrington
Pettis County
G. L. Cole
Carrington
Vors the Sentinel
Tis County
Supt
Car
Rington
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